Why do you get onychomycosis?

What is onychomycosis? Onychomycosis is a fungal skin disease. Fungal infection leads to the change of nail structure and color, mutual infection, nail deformation, thickening, easy shedding and separation, and often leads to multiple nails being infected. What types of onychomycosis are there? 1. Proximal onychomycosis: rare, mostly secondary to paronychia. First, the deck turned white near the nail crease (that is, near the center end of the deck), and then gradually expanded into spots. Finally, part of the deck was missing and expanded to the whole nail. This type is only caused by Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton roseum. 2. Distal onychomycosis: at first, irregular small white spots appeared on the deck of nails, then turned into dark gray spots, and gradually turned yellow-brown until black. Soon the deck deteriorated, cutin debris accumulated under the nails, and the nail bed thickened. Finally, the deck shrinks and occasionally bleeds. This type is usually caused by red, gypsum-like or flocculent skin fungi. 3, white superficial onychomycosis: common in toenails. It shows that there are white spots or white patches with the diameter of 1 mm on the deck surface, and the diseased nail is fragile and should be scraped off. This type is only caused by Trichophyton gypsophila or mycoplasma, Fusarium and Aspergillus. 4. Onychomycosis with full nail malnutrition: This kind of onychomycosis is relatively rare and is often the result of the final development of the above types. It is characterized by the loss of luster, deterioration, thickening or fragmentation of the whole nail, and the abnormal thickening of the nail bed after falling off. 5, chronic skin mucosal Candida A (or true onychomycosis) onychomycosis: the whole nail is deteriorated, swollen, fragile, with warts on the surface, uneven. 6. Chronic onychomycosis: manifested as lateral nail fold and proximal nail fold, and the epidermal protective film degenerated or turned brown. The most important feature is paronychia, periungual plica swelling but no excessive keratinization, a small amount of exudation but no pus. This type is also caused by candida. 7. Fungal onychomycosis A: manifested as athlete's foot (commonly known as "athlete's foot"), toe groove rot, water rash and onychomycosis [symptoms and harm of onychomycosis] 1. Become a source of infection: the fungus in onychomycosis is an invisible source of infection and often spreads pathogenic fungi to the outside world. Onychomycosis can inoculate fungi to other parts of the body by scratching; It can also cause ringworm in family and others. Modern medical research has proved that lesbians with onychomycosis can infect genitals, form incurable gynecological diseases such as fungal vaginitis and candida albicans vaginitis, and also invade deep tissues of human body, causing deep tissue and organ infections, and even endangering their lives. Second, there are many complications: onychomycosis can cause pain and discomfort, and the muscles in the affected nails are exposed or suppressed by thickened nails. Once subjected to all kinds of trauma, bacteria can easily invade, which will lead to paronychia, onychomycosis, pyoderma of fingers and other complications, and make patients suffer from erysipelas or cellulitis and other diseases with serious systemic symptoms. Third, affect daily life: fingernails have great physiological significance for us. Needle threading, writing, cooking, typing, knitting, playing, etc. Everything that human beings do is inseparable from the assistance of nails. This kind of work will be disturbed. Finger (toe) nails grow at the ends of hands and feet and have a protective effect. Once you get sick, your hands and feet are easily injured by collision. In addition, like scratching, it is very troublesome to have no nails, and long onychomycosis on your feet will definitely be bad for walking and running. At the same time, it will increase the embarrassment and trouble of wearing shoes and socks Fourth, it will affect your appearance: as the saying goes, "hands are a person's second face." The beauty of hands directly affects a person's temperament and the beauty of hands. Most people with onychomycosis on their nails are really unsightly, and patients will feel ashamed and embarrassed even when shaking hands with others, not to mention other more intimate actions. 5. Restrict work: The consequences of nail injury are not limited to viewing itself, but also involve and even endanger patients' work. In particular, there is a chef who is proficient in all kinds of food cooking, especially some occupations with high publicity and strict hygiene requirements, such as doctors, nurses, restaurants, silk weaving, public relations and so on. All kinds of food can be cooked into various colors, smells and tastes, and employment is not a problem. As a result, he always can't find a good job. All kinds of star hotels and big hotels refused to leave him. Every time the recruiting unit tastes his cooking, he is full of praise. However, when he shakes hands with him, he will be shocked. Thus deliberately making things difficult or afraid of the trouble caused by onychomycosis, so I always miss the opportunity. There are countless such examples in our lives. 6. Abnormal psychological disorder: onychomycosis patients, especially when long-term treatment is ineffective, often have an unavoidable sense of embarrassment and frustration. Especially when work, marriage, life, social interaction and other aspects are affected by onychomycosis and fail, the psychological blow to patients is greater than that of normal people. Patients with onychomycosis often feel inferior. Its harm is far more than what they usually think of as "indifferent", but when you think about it, it does harm your health. From a medical point of view, fingers are the tips of human meridians, and nails are a mirror that directly reflects human health. Therefore, patients should think of themselves and others and actively treat them as soon as possible to avoid more serious consequences.